Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are tools that are used to uniquely identify people, organisations, and other objects (e.g., books, articles, datasets) in a scholarly communication system. This website provides information about persistent identifiers and the types of support for them at the national level.

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Upcoming changes to DataCite APIs

October 8, 2025

DOI registration agency DataCite announced these changes to its APIs: DataCite API Rate LimitsQ3 2025read moreDataCite Metadata Normalization ChangesQ1 2026read…

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DataCite Annual Community Meeting 2025

October 2, 2025

Meeting agenda: Wednesday November 12th Community Update: The Story of DataCite in 2025Join us to review the projects and activities…

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The 2025 Annual Meeting of National ORCID Centre

September 24, 2025

The National Center for Persistent Identifiers at the National Library of Technology invited representatives of member institutions to this year's…

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Archaeological Map of the Czech Republic as a metadata quality “Bright Spot”

September 5, 2025

In their recently published text, Ted Habermann and Erin Robinson from the organization Metadata Game Changers focused on analyzing examples…

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